Donovan McNabb: My numbers are better than Troy Aikman’s

[jay94]

It was a different era, if they keep up at the same rate guess what? Numbers will keep getting better and better.

 

[cowboy_ron]

I think his passes definately killed more worms than Troy..........the ground was his favorite reciever.

He was probably the best "air guitarist" in the league.

 

[viman96]

I think his passes definately killed more worms than Troy..........the ground was his favorite reciever.

He was probably the best "air guitarist" in the league.

haha best eva! birds fans had to be cringing when they saw that!

 

[joseephuss]

Half this board thinks Dak is better than Aikman, when trying to justifying signing Dak to a top 5 QB contract.
I was told Dak is more accurate thank Troy and era comparision is overrated.
I of course disagree...

If Dak has McNabb's career we would be jumping for joy. I honestly dont know what a HOF'er is anymore. It seems like the yardsticks keep moving and getting distorted.
4 straight championship games
1 SB apperance
He was a franchise QB and the face of an organization
I can see his HOF argument.

Unfortunately, contract value is not the same as actual player value. This is especially true of the QB position where many guys have been "overpaid" because of being a QB and when they got their second contract. There is such a desperate need to have a quality QB that the position has kind of become overvalued. You end up paying someone way more money than their actual talent. Whether you or I think Dak or any QB is or isn't worth a huge contract is largely irrelevant. The league is now set up for these guys to get those big deals.

McNabb had a good career. A good career is not a Hall of Fame career. There is some comparison to Aikman as far as total stats. The difference between these two QBs is that Aikman's efficiency went up in the playoffs(dramatically in the Superbowl years) and McNabb's went down.

I think it also hurts that the Eagles had no problems replacing McNabb with a lesser QB. Showed him the door only to make Michael Vick their franchise QB. They didn't replace McNabb with a young, promising talent or a distinguished veteran with many accolades. Vick was a 30 year veteran who never had a passer rating above 80, but they went with him. They seemingly couldn't wait to move on from McNabb.

 

[glimmerman]

haha best eva! birds fans had to be cringing when they saw that!

Lol. Hilarious.

 

[InTheZone]

all I know is that he had his career days against us for the first half of his career it seemed. He's still a tool.

 

[RoboQB]

When someone feels the need to toot their own horn for some recognition,
it usual means they aren't deserving of it.

McNabb will always be remembered for puking in the SB when his team
needed him the most.

He didn't know you could play to a tie in the NFL.
And now, he thinks the HOF is all about stats.
He's a very low IQ type of person.

 

[JayFord]

haha best eva! birds fans had to be cringing when they saw that!

I remember this...this is when we handed their hindpotts to them for the third time that year and I’ve never been happier other than seeing 3 Super Bowls

 

[ghosttown cowboy]

There is one person in the history of the world that thinks McFlabb is a HOFer...

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

He threw up on the field during a super Bowl. That's gotta count for something.

Loooool.

 

[windward]

all I know is that he had his career days against us for the first half of his career it seemed. He's still a tool.

Of course those were the Campo years mostly.

 

[Roadtrip635]

When someone feels the need to toot their own horn for some recognition,
it usual means they aren't deserving of it.

McNabb will always be remembered for puking in the SB when his team
needed him the most.

He didn't know you could play to a tie in the NFL.
And now, he thinks the HOF is all about stats.
He's a very low IQ type of person.

 

[dwreck27]

McNabb is not a HOF player...

Hes in the Hall of Very good players.. really good player who maximized his potential on a very talented team with a coach who knows how to put out an amazing offensive product. BUTTTTTTTT he was NEVER able to get them over the hump and only reached close to the peak when another HOF player (T.O) showed up and when said player was hurt he crumbled in the big game.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

McFlabb is a joke.

 

[pansophy]

I think Romo gets a HoF jacket some day. For both his QB and broadcasting careers.

It is called the Hall of F A M E

And Romo is famous.

He could make it as a broadcaster, I agree, because he is having an outsized influence on the game right now.

 

[the_h0wey]

Alright Cowboyszone, let him have it.

Didn't he lose his job because of sexual harassment?

 

[tyke1doe]

So we're on the "numbers don't mean anything" argument now?
I'm having trouble keeping up with when we DO or DON'T apply this argument to Dak.

 

[JW82]

His numbers are better, because of the system he played in. No GM walking the Earth at any time in the history of the sport would take him over Troy.

 

[JayFord]

His numbers are better, because of the system he played in. No GM walking the Earth at any time in the history of the sport would take him over Troy.

Hard to disagree this point

The eagles threw it 75% of the time back then

 

[darthseinfeld]

I remember this...this is when we handed their hindpotts to them for the third time that year and I’ve never been happier other than seeing 3 Super Bowls

Last game as an Eagle